Program Element: 0603217C Project Number: 3204
PE Title: Ballistic Missile Defense (U) Budget Activity: 03
Adv Technology Dev (U)
February 1994
A. (U) RESOURCES: ($ in Thousands)
Project Title: Countermeasures Integration
FY1993 FY1994 FY1995 FY1996 FY1997 FY1998 FY1999 Total
Program Name: Actual Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Estimate Program
0603217C RDT&E 16,916 16,303 18,303 18,303 18,303 18,303 18,303 Continuing
B. (U) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MISSION REQUIREMENT AND SYSTEM CAPABILITIES:
(U) The mission of the BMDO and Countermeasure Integration (CMI) Program is to stress BMD systems and
architectures to ensure that deployed ballistic missile defense systems are robust to potential
countermeasures which are within the means of anticipated adversaries. Included in this mission is a
twofold responsibility. First, the CMI program supports the BMD threat development process by
stimulating the examination and assessment of all credible counters to future deployed systems.
Secondly, the CMI program provides the BMDO system designer with advance warning necessary for building
preplanned improvements and program hedges into the design.
(U) The BMDO CMI Program carries out its mission by pursuing the following objectives: review BMD
systems for susceptibilities and identify potential countermeasures; determine credibility through
analyses and tests; characterize credible countermeasures by providing designs and performance
parameters; inform intelligence and system threat developers of potential countermeasures; and inform BMD
system designers with advance warning of potential countermeasures. The support provided by the CMI
Program to the threat development process and its outcome is the chief means by which the program
achieves its mission of ensuring the robustness of future deployed systems. Making vulnerability and
susceptibility information available to the system designers provides a mechanism by which the designers
can build robustness into their designs during early stages of the system development process. The
ability to improve the robustness of the design in its formative stages provides a cost-effective means
of ensuring a flexible high performance design. Timely screening of countermeasures also allows the
system designer to focus on the critical countermeasures and safely ignore countermeasures which
ultimately prove to be technically, politically, militarily or economically infeasible.
(U) The CMI Program uses three primary resource groups to execute the process of countermeasure
identification, analysis, verification and assessment. These three resource groups are the Red Teams,
laboratories, and strategic analysis groups. Red teams are formed and tasked to identify and analyze
potential countermeasures to a BMD system architecture. The laboratories and the contractor are
responsible for verification of the technical feasibility of potential countermeasures. The strategic
analysis groups provide assessments of the reality of potential countermeasures within the total context
of the adversary's environment. Through this framework, the CMI program is able to access an array of
countermeasure evaluation resources from government agencies, national laboratories, and contractors.
(U) This project is assigned to the Budget Activity and Program Element codes as identified in this
descriptive summary in accordance with existing Department of Defense policy. Further justification of
the Budget Activity code assigned to each Program Element is contained within the Brief Description of
Element section of each Program Element Summary.
C. (U) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS:
(U) FY 1993 Accomplishments:
o (439k) On-going Red/Blue Exchange on TMD systems.*
o (780k) On-going Red/Blue Exchange on NMD systems.*
o (270k) Analyze selected NMD CM to support threat specification development.*
o (360k) Do CM position papers to support System Engineering and STAR updates.*
o (200k) Perform STB pilot program experiments on NMD-GBR CM.*
o (4250k) On-going technical tests and evaluations of NMD CM.
o (2150k) Analyze, report, publish results of test and evaluation of CM.
o (1935k) Support on-going TMD Program by developing targets for TCMP 1 & 2.
o (4532k) Begin to implement DSB recommendations: CM Skunkworks Pilot Program.
o (460k) Provide Senior Level oversight of Red/Blue Exchanges.*
o (1340k) Develop databases on CM-related issues and quotations.*
o (200k) Study selected ROW nation propensity for CM development.*
* Costs supplemented with funds carried over from FY92.
(U) FY 1994 Accomplishments/Plans:
o (1150k) On-going effort: develop, define and evaluate TMD CM.
o (1400k) On-going Red/Blue Exchange against evolving TMD Architecture.
o (600k) Focus limited Red/Blue effort on TMD-BM/C3 function.
o (230k) On-going STB experiments oriented on TMD CM.
o (4846k) On-going technical tests and evaluations of TMD CM.
o (330k) Begin launch vehicle modification to support CM tests.
o (6050k) On-going emulation of ROW CM development - CM Skunkworks.
o (485k) Provide Senior level oversight of Red/Blue Exchanges.
o (552k) Perform non-technical analysis of ROW CM propensity.
o (660k) Maintain and expand CM-related databases (ROW & QMD).
(U) FY 1995 Plans:
o (1633k) On-going effort: develop, define and evaluate TMD CM.
o (1250k) On-going Red/Blue Exchange against specific TMD systems.
o (1200k) Focus limited Red/Blue effort on TMD-Kill Assessment.
o (300k) On-going STB & NTB experiments oriented on TMD CM.
o (5250k) On-going technical tests and evaluations of TMD CM.
o (330k) Continue launch vehicle modification to support CM tests.
o (6650k) On-going emulation of ROW CM development - CM Skunkworks.
o (500k) Provide Senior level oversight of Red/Blue Exchanges.
o (590k) Perform non-technical analysis of ROW CM propensity.
o (600k) Maintain and expand CM-related databases (ROW & QMD).
(U) Program Plan to Completion: This is a continuing program.
D. (U) WORK PERFORMED BY:
o Science Applications International Corporation - (prime contractor)
o System Planning Corporation - Arlington, VA (prime contractor)
o MIT/Lincoln Laboratories - Lexington, MA
o Sandia National Laboratories - Albuquerque, NM
o Space and Missile System Center/Detachment 10, Norton AFB - San Bernardino, CA
o US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command - Huntsville, AL
o USAF Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM
E. (U) COMPARISON WITH FY 1994 DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY:
1. TECHNICAL CHANGES: Analyses and tests concentrate on TMD countermeasures.
2. SCHEDULE CHANGES: Deleted a planned TMD Low-Endo follow-on Red/Blue Exchange in favor of a more complete TMD architecture Red/Blue Exchange in FY 94-95. Delayed endoatmospheric potential countermeasure designs from FY 94 to FY 95.
3. COST CHANGES: The FY 94 CMI Budget was reduced by 27% causing a reduction in countermeasure
investigations and technical evaluations which in turn reduces the information available to system
designers for improving the robustness of their designs prior to milestone decisions.
F. (U) PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION: Statement of Work from Contract Numbers BMDO84-91-C-0011, 0012, and 0019,
1 August 1991, and technical descriptions under PMA Number 3204.
G. (U) RELATED ACTIVITIES:
o The countermeasure and threat projects involve organizations of the Army, Air Force, and Department of Energy (DOE). Activities are defined in Program Management Agreements (PMAs) for the Services, Federally Funded Research and Development Centers, DOE, and the prime contractors. TMD benefits from this work through improvements to system robustness.
o Coordination is accomplished through daily monitoring of activities and a weekly technical interchange and direction meeting with prime contractor management.
o There is no unnecessary duplication of effort within BMDO and DOE.
H. (U) OTHER APPROPRIATION FUNDS: None.
I. (U) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS: Joint technical assessments and experiments are executed
under the BMDO Cooperative Research Exchange (SCORE) with the U.K.
J. (U) MILESTONE SCHEDULE:
o Conclude NMD 1st Site Red/Blue Exchange 1Q/FY94
o Complete TMD Low-Endo Red/Blue Exchange 2Q/FY94
o Complete STB experiment for GBR/THAAD countermeasures 3Q/FY94
o Complete TMD Architecture Red-Blue Exchange 2Q/FY95
o Conduct Skunkworks SM-1 Flight Test 1Q/FY94
o Conduct Skunkworks SM-2 Flight Test 3Q/FY94
o Conduct Skunkworks SM-3 Flight Test 4Q+/FY94